"My initial reaction was, 'I'm getting eaten in the middle of the water, it's a shark, I'm going to die,'" Phoebe Beltran ...

Phoebe Beltran was swimming about 25 feet off the coast of Long Beach in California on Sunday, March 30 when the incident ...

Phoebe Beltran sustained several cuts on her right arm and had to be hospitalized after she was attacked by a sea lion in ...

Marine experts say these attacks are not common, but are happening more often. That’s due to a toxic algae bloom that are ...

"All I'm thinking is, 'Please, don't be a shark. Please, don't take off my arm, and please, don't kill me,'" Phoebe Beltran ...

Phoebe Beltran, a hopeful cadet for the Long Beach Fire Department Junior Lifeguard Program, was taking a swimming test as ...

A sea lion attacked a teenage girl during a junior lifeguard tryout off the California coast over the weekend. The incident, ...

A teenager was attacked by a sea lion in Long Beach while she was trying out to become a junior lifeguard cadet.

A 15-year-old girl was attacked during her swim test in Long Beach by a sea lion sickened by a recent toxic algae bloom, ...

The toxicity of this particular bloom seems to be a lot higher, ” said a marine biologist. “Animals are in worse shape than ...

Teen girl attacked by sea lion in Long Beach thought she was encountering a shark - Phoebe Beltran was due to take a swim ...

A California teen is recovering after she was attacked by a sea lion. The 15-year-old was training to become a junior ...